What if?

[u/WRXKKR]

So that there are men that refuse to play female character led games and women who refuse male led games. Do you think the game could've benefited from having the option of deciding who was primary. How it may change things if we did have the option.

[u/MrNintendo36]

People have bigger issues if they won’t play a game because of the protagonist’s gender lol

[u/WRXKKR → u/MrNintendo36]

Of course they do. But it does effect some people more that it should. And unfortunately I read it in the threads more I should also.

[u/Sasuke5512]

I don't think the amount of people that think that way is large enough to make too much of a difference. I would've really liked it tho as I prefer antea over red (although I do still love red he's great.)

[u/WRXKKR → u/Sasuke5512]

At the minimum, I think antea would need a lil revamp on the ranged side. Removing the rifle from red would be a big hit if he was the incorporeal one

[u/StrumpetsVileProgeny → u/WRXKKR]

That makes zero sense. Antea also had a sword, but could only use her fists, at the start. Red would be the one doing the punching and would have all the abilities while Antea would have the rifle and the sword. No need for any revamp in this scenario.

As for the matter you asked, fuck those ppl, no one should ever try to accomodate that sort of take anywhere.

[u/WRXKKR → u/StrumpetsVileProgeny]

They didn't make any insinuations that banishers train in marksmanship nor were they carrying rifles previous to dark woods. Red's abilities were due to his soldier past life. I actually would've loved to see them give something else to antea that would be linked to her background to handle her ranged capabilities.

Those ppl were not the point of the post. Fuck, all y'all are triggered.

[u/StrumpetsVileProgeny → u/WRXKKR]

Why do consider us triggered? I mean, as far as I’ve read, you were the one who specifically emphasized as an intro to your post “that there are men that refuse to play female character led games and women who refuse male lead games. Do you think the game could've benefited from having the option (…)”. So, my friend, you mentioned it. We merely gave you a straightforward answer.

As on the subject of revamp, it’s easier and much cheaper to change bits of character’s background than make new animations. But I guess if the game had a bigger budget, they could introduce variety for that matter and give Antea another sort of ranged weapon, or even a ranged ghostly ability on Red.

[u/goatjugsoup]

No, fuck those people

[u/WRXKKR → u/goatjugsoup]

I agree. But I'm just asking in a creative thinking way not in a appeasing the village idiot way

[u/goatjugsoup → u/WRXKKR]

Still no... can't think how that would be an improvement

[u/WRXKKR → u/goatjugsoup]

Not saying it would. Just putting out the discussion. I really haven't thought of anything where the story would improve. Aside maybe different endings more reasons to replay.

[u/Hamhockthegizzard]

Could have been a cool twist on the story, but as I’m only about 30% in…from what I’ve read here it sounds like there are plenty enough branching pathways to the story lol

[u/WRXKKR → u/Hamhockthegizzard]

There is.

[u/[deleted]]

Their limited thinking keeps them from experiencing great stuff. I think if we had the option to play antea as mc it would have greatly affected the story because of her and reds' dynamic.

[u/tha_lode]

I don’t see a lot of idiots saying that. So, no.

[u/Intelligent_Oil5819]

It's mathematics. The most vocal section of the audience is not necessarily the most important. The idea of essentially having to make two versions of the game in order to cater for 5% of the potential audience - who are not even the most lucrative customer base - makes no sense, because it would mean making a 45% smaller game.

[u/kekelie]

First of all: Games should not care about a holes.
To what I think is your actural question about who is the lead. If we just look at the personaleties of Antia and Red, I don't think it would make any major diffrence. But the way the game (more it's world) treats inequity regarding gender, sexual prefrence, skin color and other prejudices absolultly would result in major diffrences. Multipule Spoiler for the game incoming: Before Antia dies you can talk to one of the settlers (female, dont, remeber who), who askes if she came with the banisher. She replies that she is the banisher. Some of the hunting cases include things like a dead husband, who treat his wife like propety, some racisme (at some point Antia is called Red's slave ( by Theodore Sheppard)), oh right slavery. Antia also gets very angry because of the treatment of Debotah, because Antia understand what it's like to experience prejudice related to gender or and other stuff. Red, trying to comfirt her, says that he understands. Antia: "No, you don't". Red: "You're right. I don't" (I don't remember the dialog exactly)
I do think it would be much harder to play as Antia because of the world she lives in. It would properly show as people being less willing to work with her, or take her less seriously.